they got Kotch right? yeah lol. my two teams are Atlanta and the Yanks and they seem to do these sorts of things a lot. hey lets ship some young talent for this old guy. old guy doesn't work out, young talent excels.

It said Delgado, not Randall Delgado, it could easily be Dimasther Delgado who has trade value

i copied and pasted that. did not paraphrase or anything. i believe it has been released that it is in fact Randall.

This post was edited by TkM on Jul 23 2012 12:51pm

1:51pm: Randall Delgado will be in the trade if it's completed, ESPN.com's Keith Law reports (on Twitter). The sides will also find a way to balance the money.

=2:51 est

This post was edited by EwokHellKite on Jul 23 2012 12:51pm

well there better be something more we are getting, or I am very very unhappy with this trade

although Hudson/Sheets/Dempster/Hanson in the playoffs isn't too bad

We have no idea how Sheets and Dempster are going to finish.
Sheets looks great don't get me wrong.. but who knows what could happen.
Braves went Dempster diving on this trade, I don't see much more coming from it tbh

I'd much rather have Medlen in the rotation.

This post was edited by EwokHellKite on Jul 23 2012 12:53pm

Mediocre?

W L ERA GP GS IP
2008 CHC NL MLB 17 6 2.96 33 33 206.2
2009 CHC NL MLB 11 9 3.65 31 31 200.0
2010 CHC NL MLB 15 12 3.85 34 34 215.1
2011 CHC NL MLB 10 14 4.80 34 34 202.1
2012 CHC NL MLB 5 4 2.11 15 15 98.0


Not only do you get one of the best clubhouse guys in baseball you also get a solid starter(outside of 2011) coming from a bad team who should thrive under the winning circumstances.

Let's see...
A potential top of the rotation starter for a 35-year old pitcher who

1) Has the lowest K/9 of his career this year
2) Has a .245 BABIP, compared to his .301 career average
3) Is sitting at a 84% LOB rate, compared to 72% career average, which directly leads to
4) A FIP a full run above his ERA
5) And is sitting at 7.5% HR rate, which directly leads to
6) An xFIP 1.6 runs above his ERA

Hell of a job, Frankie.

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